Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African American Scholars

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view. The opinions expressed in these books do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of JBHE.

Here are the latest selections. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon.com.

America’s Racial Powderkeg by Victor Thorn (American Free Press)	Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People: History and Memory by Michael Simanga (Palgrave Macmillan)	Black Muslims and the Law: Civil Liberties from Elijah Muhammad to Muhammad Ali by Malachi D. Crawford (Lexington Books)
Fade to White: A Memoir by Edward A. Nichols (iUniverse)	Letter to Jimmy by Alain Mabanckou (Soft Skull Press)	Never Bow to Racism: A Personal Account of the Ecumenical Struggle by Baldwin Sjollema (World Council of Churches Publications)
Reconstruction Violence and the Ku Klux Klan Hearings: A Brief History With Documents edited by Shawn Leigh Alexander (Bedford / St. Martin’s Press)	The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington edited by Edward Green (Cambridge University Press)	The Cultural Matrix: Understanding Black Youth edited by Orlando Patterson (Harvard University Press)
The Politics of Deception: JFK’s Secret Decisions on Vietnam, Civil Rights, and Cuba by Patrick J. Sloyan (Thomas Dunne Books)	The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America by April Ryan (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)	Theories of Race and Ethnicity: Contemporary Debates and Perspectives edited by Karim Murji and John Solomos (Cambridge University Press)